The South as Reality and in Fiction: From Gone with the Wind to the Dixie Chicks
In this ONLINE semester, we will read from classic nostalgia fiction of the so-called “moonlight and magnolia” South, such as Gone with the Wind and “Song of the South,” considering too their film versions and the controversies that have followed these works up until the present time. Tennessee Williams's Streetcar Named Desire will allow us to interrogate the South as fantasy along gender and class lines. We will conclude by considering the parodies and revisions Old South nostalgia has spawned,including Alice Randall’s The Wind Done Gone. We will not neglect, of course,“tragic mulatto” tales, minstrel shows, vaudeville, African American writers and entertainers, Elvis Presley and other 20th-century popular culture figures.
Throughout the year, we will define the region of the South as it has evolved historically and geographically so as to discuss its cultural currency for the United States at large. Leigh Ann Duck calls it “the nation's region” and certainly the South, more than any other part of the country, has stood out for its rebellion in the Civil War and the “Lost Cause” that followed its transition from Old South to New South; however, it has also functioned as a necessary foil and reality check on the nation's own fantasy of unity and progress imagined as somehow outside of a history of slavery imagined as belonging solely to the South.
*Please be aware that uploading course content, including instructor video recordings, to any third-party site or sharing with others in any way, including email and chat platforms, is strictly PROHIBITED and can result in severe penalties by the university and the professor in this course.
**When there is any discrepancy between the instructions or materials on the Syllabus versus those in the Folder each week as a Lesson Plan and/or sent by email, ALWAYS the updated information in real time in the folder and by email should take precedence and be followed; however, when in doubt, contact the professor directly by email or via CP
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Introduction to the course and its policies, the syllabus, and the texts
Viewing and discussion of "Ethnic Notions" (1987) by Marlon Riggs, with Worksheet
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-Read Introductory material in theFolders for Syllabus and for Week One on CoursePower (CP)
-Watch Introduction Video to the Course by accessing the URL sent to you byemail and also posted to CP
-Be sure to register your university email address for CP and check it regularlyfor notices regarding assignments and homework in this class
*Please be aware that uploading course content, including instructor video recordings,to any third-party site or sharing with others in any way, including email andchat platforms, is strictly PROHIBITED and can result in severe penalties bythe university and the professor in this course.
**When there is any discrepancy between the instructions or materials on theSyllabus versus those in the Folder each week as a Lesson Plan and/or sent byemail, ALWAYS the updated information in real time in the folder and by emailshould take precedence and be followed; however, when in doubt, contact theprofessor directly by email or via CP
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Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand.
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Review of "Ethnic Notions" (1987) by Marlon Riggs, with Worksheet
Capsule background history of the South, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
Introduction to the Moonlight and Magnolias school of Southern Literature
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Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand.
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Read Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (1936), excerpted chapters from Part I (on CoursePower)
Special Focus: Romance and Sex in Gone with the Wind in a Harlequin Romance Mode
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Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand.
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Read Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (1936), excerpted chapters from Part II (on CoursePower) |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand.
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Read Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (1936), excerpted chapters from Part III (on CoursePower) |
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Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand.
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Read Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (1936), excerpted chapters from Part IV (on CoursePower) |
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Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type up main points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask the questions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you could not understand.
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Read Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (1936), excerpted chapters from Part V (on CoursePower) |
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Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type up main points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask the questions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you could not understand. |
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Read in Alice Randall's The Wind Done Gone (2001), 30 pages
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand.
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Read in Alice Randall's The Wind Done Gone (2001), through page 70
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand.
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Read in Alice Randall's The Wind Done Gone (2001), through page 100
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand.
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Read in Alice Randall's The Wind Done Gone (2001), through page 130 |
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Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand. |
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Read in Alice Randall's The Wind Done Gone (2001), through page 170 |
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Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand.
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Read in Alice Randall's The Wind Done Gone (2001), through the end of the novel
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand.
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Compare and contrast the original Gone with the Wind with its parody, The Wind Done Gone
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand.
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Compare and contrast the novel and the 1939/40 film version by Director David O. Selznick
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Print out and read thetexts posted to CoursePower, and annotate them in preparation for the nextclass.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review notes, and type upmain points and questions from discussion and lecture. Be sure to ask thequestions in the next class, or contact the professor about anything you couldnot understand.
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